How To Rank High In Google Places?

[LeeAnn30]

Hello SEOmoz,

This question has been hounding me for a long time and I've never seen a single reliable information from the web that answers it. Anyway here's my question; Supposing that there are three Google places for three different websites having the same categories and almost same keywords and same district/city/IP how does Google rank one high from the other? Or simply put if you own one of those websites and you would want to rank higher over your competitors in Google places Search results how does one do it?

A number of theories were brought up by some of my colleagues: 1. The age of the listing

2. The number of links pointing to the listing (supposing that one can build links to ones listing)

3. The name/url of the listing, tags, description, etc.

4. The address of the listing.

5. Authority of the domain (linked website)

You see some listings have either no description, and only one category and yet they rank number one for a specific term/keyword whereas others have complete categories, descriptions etc.

If you could please give me a definite answer I will surely appreciate it. Thank you very much and more power!

[LeeAnn30]

Hello Guys!

Thank you very much Giancula & Dan! Would read all of the links you posted and use them in my campaigns!

Much Love!

xoxoxoxo

Ladybug!

[evolvingSEO]

Agreed with Gianluca, I reference that article a lot.

This is another article I've found helpful too.  He tells you step by step what to do.

And this is an article on the same blog with advanced tips.

[gfiorelli1]

The best answer I can give you is to read them here: Local Ranking Factors 2011 published by David Mihm (probably one of the best experts in local search). There you can find the solutions to all your doubts.